David Henry Mercer

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1903ID M000643

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 504 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 504 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1895 → 1897

still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓18931899

1901–0257th Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.7%with Democrats

of 88 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −13 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Mar 4, 1903H.R. 14051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 4, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Mar 3, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1903S. 7307No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1903H.R. 12199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1903H.R. 17202No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1903H.R. 12199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 57th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

5 Congresses

53rd · 189357th · 1901

Republican · House · NE53rd–57th

Term datesexact

David Henry Mercer

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSER1893–19035 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.7%with Democrats

of 504 votes · 92.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 504 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931901

1901–02 · 57th · Republican · of 88 votes5.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

53rd · 189357th · 1901

Republican53rd–57th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th